Okokimup@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoTIL that even though ticks can't fly or jump, they can use static electricity to launch themselves onto passing mammalswww.science.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up1106
arrow-up1106external-linkTIL that even though ticks can't fly or jump, they can use static electricity to launch themselves onto passing mammalswww.science.orgOkokimup@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square6linkfedilink
minus-squareBrickTamland@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoHow though? This would seem like a thing of chance if they actually got swept up by the static charge of something passing by. How would the tick control its own charge?
minus-squareMadMenace@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoThey probably don’t. Even if some ticks get swept up by non-hosts and die, enough find food this way to make it favorable to evolution.
How though? This would seem like a thing of chance if they actually got swept up by the static charge of something passing by. How would the tick control its own charge?
They probably don’t. Even if some ticks get swept up by non-hosts and die, enough find food this way to make it favorable to evolution.